Spotted in the wild:
The TGV M, aka the Avelia Horizon, at the Gare de l'Est in #Paris.
This is the newest generation bullet train.
Capable of 350 km/h, but uses 20 percent less electricity.
Bi-level, so it can carry 740 passengers...
🚅🇫🇷🧵
The TGV M, aka the Avelia Horizon, at the Gare de l'Est in #Paris.
This is the newest generation bullet train.
Capable of 350 km/h, but uses 20 percent less electricity.
Bi-level, so it can carry 740 passengers...
🚅🇫🇷🧵
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I already love the TGV but these new ones are so classy!
You don't say...
The interior is fully modular, which has led Alstom to call it the "Ikea of Trains."
The modularity also means it can operate outside of France, by slotting in security devices adapted to other networks.
I take a closer look in this week's HIGH SPEED dispatch:
https://www.highspeed.blog/introducing-the-ikea-train/
Well, one reason is that so many people took this turkey seriously for so long, with his same-old-problem Teslas, and false-promises of hyperloops...
~600 seats in InOui dual-class layout
Even if it's just a little slice of it, America is getting trains just like this!